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Pandemic loan program at high-risk for fraud, auditor finds 03/02/2021 11:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Emergency loans made to small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic have been added to a list of government programs considered at high risk of waste, fraud or mismanagement. The most common of those emergency loans, PPP loans, are provided at a low interest rate and are ful Sri Lanka approves new port development with India and Japan 03/02/2021 08:17am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it will allow India and Japan to develop a new container terminal at the country's main port, several weeks after scrapping a deal with the two countries to develop one of the key terminals at the same port. Sri Lanka halted the 2019 ag Millennial Money: 3 debt strategies for an unequal recovery 03/02/2021 07:09am • The past year has fractured our world in countless ways. Now, as people look to pick up the pieces, those managing debt need to account for their position in our uneven economic recovery. In this so-called K-shaped recovery, one part of the population is rebounding quickly while another has a lon DC lawmakers propose how to handle marijuana sale, distribution 03/01/2021 04:35pm • D.C. lawmakers are ready to decide how the District will move forward with growing, selling and distributing marijuana legally. The mayor and the council chair have both introduced bills that would lay out a green path. Council Chair Phil Mendelson and his colleagues have worked for a year on leg Jonathan Su��rez contract ended by Orlando City after arrest 03/01/2021 09:30am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Jonathan Su��rez's contact was terminated by Major League Soccer's Orlando City following his arrest last week. The 24-year-old, whose full name is Jonathan Su��rez Cortes, and brother Rafael Su��rez were arrested Feb. 23 and accused of sexually assaulting a woman, the Osceola Leverkusen defender Fosu-Mensah out for months with injury 03/01/2021 08:31am • LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) ��� Bayer Leverkusen right back Timothy Fosu-Mensah will be out for several months with a cruciate ligament tear in his right knee, the German club said Monday. Fosu-Mensah was injured just before halftime in Leverkusen's 2-1 loss to Freiburg on Sunday. The club said he will Philippines launches virus vaccinations amid supply problems 03/01/2021 04:51am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� The Philippine government launched a vaccination campaign on Monday to contain one of Southeast Asia���s worst coronavirus outbreaks but faces supply problems and public resistance, which it hopes to ease by inoculating top officials. Cabinet officials, along with health Financial Aid Options for Incarcerated Individuals 03/01/2021 12:00am • The door to college financial aid for people in prison is opening. The FAFSA Simplification Act, part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, will expand eligibility for the federal Pell Grant to include incarcerated students. These students will be able to take advantage of the grant -- whi Bale turns back time at Tottenham as Man U and Chelsea draw 02/28/2021 05:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Gareth Bale turned back time for Tottenham, while Chelsea and Manchester United seemed happy just to play out time. Bale looked like the star player who left Tottenham for Real Madrid in 2013 as he scored twice in the club���s 4-0 win over Burnley, prompting Spurs manager Jose Mourin Bale scores 2 as Tottenham routs Burnley in Premier League 02/28/2021 12:01pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Gareth Bale scored twice to lift Tottenham to a 4-0 rout of Burnley on Sunday in a morale-boosting victory for a Tottenham team that had lost five of its previous six Premier League games. Bale gave Tottenham the lead after just 68 seconds, knocking in a cross from Son Heung-min afte Virginia lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana in 2024 02/28/2021 12:41am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that will legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, but not until 2024, when retail sales of the drug would also begin. With a compromise bill clearing the House and Senate, Virginia becomes the first Southern stat Capitals Prospect Report: Hershey coach says AHL playoffs will be 'almost impossible' 02/27/2021 02:48pm • Caps Prospects: Bears coach does not expect to see a Calder Cup champ originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe challenges that face every NHL coach heading into the 2021 season have been discussed and written about ad nauseam to this point. But what about the AHL? In the AHL, coaches have to Highlights of the COVID-19 relief bill advancing in Congress 02/27/2021 02:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House passed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package early Saturday, 219-212, that includes $1,400 checks for most Americans and billions of dollars for schools, state and local governments and businesses. Republicans are overwhelmingly against the bill, raising concerns that EXPLAINER: Why rising rates are unsettling Wall Street 02/26/2021 04:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Yes, it���s possible to have too much of a good thing, and that���s exactly why stock markets around the world are getting so unsettled. Optimism for an economic revival is surging following a year of coronavirus-induced misery. But expectations for stronger growth ��� plus the hig NYC steakhouse stunt: A wax Don Draper hanging at the bar 02/26/2021 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It���s a promotion that could be straight out of the ���Mad Men��� Don Draper playbook. Brooklyn's famed Peter Luger Steak House has teamed with Madame Tussauds to have celebrity wax figures mingle with patrons, promoting the easing of coronavirus pandemic restrictions on indoor di